Collins Lead Cavaliers In Win Over Bulls In BYBL 5th/6th Grade Action

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March 15, 2013|Woodrow L. Dixon, Bloomfield

Following is a narrative on the Cavaliers-Bulls Bloomfield Youth Basketball League (BYBL) 5th/6th grade division game played last Sat. March 9, 2013 at the Carmen Arace gymnasium facilities. Cavaliers 26 - Bulls 21:

Michael Collins scored a game high 16 points - nine coming in the first half as the Cavs defeated the Bulls. Alejandro Vargas chipped in with six points for the Cavs.

The Cavs got on the scoreboard first when JeVaughn Hainsley scored on a turnaround hoop in the lane, but the Bulls Elijah Hargrove tied the score on an offensive put back.

The Cavs then went on a 6-0 run with Collins scoring all six points. First he drove the baseline to score a hoop; then he split two Bulls defenders to score and he ended the scoring run with an offensive put back giving the Cavs an 8-2 lead after one quarter.

The Bulls opened the second quarter with Hargrove scoring four straight points; two coming on free throws and two coming off an offensive rebound pulling the Bulls within two at 8-6.

But that would be as close as the Bulls would get because the Cavs outscored the Bulls 7-2 over the remainder of the quarter as Vargas tallied four points and Collins the other three.

At the half, the Cavs held a 15-8 lead.

During the first 3:32 of the third quarter, the Bulls outscored the Cavs 5-2 to trim the lead to four at 17-13. Key hoops during this run came from Hargrove and Sean Chung nailed a three point basket.

However, the Cavs responded to the Bulls challenge by getting a floater in the lane from Collins and a hoop on a spin move by Nelson Hancock to go up eight at 21-13.

But the Bulls came right back to pull within four again as Jalen Henry scored on a fastbreak hoop and Chung hit a pull up jumper to make the scored 21-17 with 1:34 left in the quarter.

During the waning moments of the third quarter, Collins hit one of two free throw to give the Cavs a 22-17 lead.

The Cavs went up six 23-17 early in the fourth quarter after Vargas made one of two free throws.

But a hoop by Chung sliced the deficit to four again at 23-19 with less than 7:00 left in the game.

The Cavs closed out the game getting a hoop from Collins and a free throw from Vargas to seal the victory.

Henry scored the final two points for the Bulls.

The top scorer for the Bulls was Hargrove with eight points followed by Chung with seven with Henry chipping in with six.